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CAIRO, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Egypt's Supreme State
Security Courton Saturday put off to July 24 trial of three suspects
inconnection with three bombings which rocked Sinai resorts lastOctober, the
official MENA news agency reported.
The trial of the suspects, Mohammed Ahmed Flefeil, MohammedJaber Sabah and Mohammed Abdullah Rubaa, was
scheduled to begin onJuly 2 in Ismailia, 120 km northeast of Cairo, said MENA.
Mohammed Gaber Sabah and Mohammed Abdullah Rubaa are
in custody,while Mohammed Ahmed Flefeil is still at large and will be tried
inabsentia.
The suspects are facing charges of premeditated
murder of anumber of tourists in north Sinai last October and attempted murderof
others.
Other charges include resisting the authorities while
trying toarrest them and illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.
Three car bombs exploded almost simultaneously
outside TabaHilton hotel and two tourist camps 55 km farther south on Oct. 7last
year, killing 34 people, most of them foreign tourists.
Egyptian investigators claimed that eight Egyptians
and a Palestinian were behind the bombings, but denied that they belongedto a
larger terror organization. Enditem |